World Vendor Neutral Archive and PACS Industry Trends

Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) Introduction

VNA is medical imaging technique where images and documents related to healthcare are stored in standard format with a standard interface, such that they can be accessed in vendor – neutral manner. VNA enables hospital to have access complete patient records in standard viewer formats.

Vendor neutral Achieve Benefits

• Vendor neutral Achieve supports multiple departments and enterprise
• It maintains patient privacy
• It include life cycle management
• It provides facility like Query, Storage and retrieval
• It provides Image and Document Management
• A VNA is patient centric
• VNA doesn’t require data migration

Picture archiving and communication system (PACS)

PACS is latest healthcare technique for storage, retrieval, distribution and management of medical images. PACS allows hospitals to capture, view, store and share all types of images internally as well externally. It replaces x-ray film with digital images and breaks down the physical and time barriers associated with traditional film-based image retrieval, distribution and display.

          Picture archiving and communication system Architecture 

Components of PACS

• Equipment:  Imaging System such as MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) equipment.

• Network:  A secure network to distribute and exchange patient information.

• Display (CRT, LCD):  Workstations for viewing, interpreting and processing images.

• Archieve:  Archives for Storage and Retrieval of images and documents.  

Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) & PACS Industry

Recent Report published by Markets and Markets forecast that the global VNA Industry is estimated at $165.3 million in 2013 and is expected to reach $335.4 million by the end of the 2018 at a CAGR of 15.2%. In 2013, North America contributes the maximum share to both VNA and PACS markets, with shares of 64% and 48%, respectively. U.K., Germany, and France contribute largely to the European VNA and PACS market, whereas the Asia-Pacific region represents the most promising region owing to the nation and state-wide healthcare IT policies in Australia, China, and Japan. Although the penetration of VNAs in the RoW region is low, the PACS technology is now widely adopted in Latin America and the Middle East.

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